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  1        I|         Bourbon signified only a terrible burden of taxation and oppression.~ ~
  2        I|    another. “He seems to be in a terrible hurry.”~ ~“The old rascal
  3        I|      himself, his wife, two sons—terrible youths, who, somehow, had
  4       II|      Evidently he had received a terrible blow; and undoubtedly, as
  5       II|          love-affair.~ ~Then the terrible storm of the revolution
  6       II|    menacing him; a misfortune so terrible that all the others were
  7       II|          brought him back to the terrible reality. The gate leading
  8       II|    succumb to the torture of the terrible conflict raging in his soul.~ ~“
  9      III|        knew, except by name, the terrible duke whose arrival had thrown
 10      III|      could form some idea of the terrible restraint to which he had
 11      III|        to confess, on seeing the terrible appetite evinced by M. de
 12        V|       follows cries that are too terrible for human endurance. Like
 13       VI| explosion, he believed, would be terrible.~ ~M. Lacheneur had risen
 14     VIII|        divined only too well the terrible apprehensions of his wife.~ ~“
 15       IX|   stillness was profound, almost terrible. Not a sound broke the silence,
 16       IX|        he would have seen what a terrible effort this semblance of
 17        X|          of others by his own, a terrible chastisement.~ ~Ah! no one
 18       XI|       And I refused it!” cried a terrible voice.~ ~Marie-Anne and
 19      XII|        remembered Chanlouineau’s terrible eyes.~ ~“How he measured
 20      XIV|         he was ill.~ ~In fact, a terrible struggle was going on in
 21       XV|      baron was his friend; and a terrible apprehension seized him
 22      XVI|         in the midst of the most terrible scenes, did not strike him
 23      XVI|        you intend to do? Of what terrible vengeance are you dreaming?”~ ~“
 24      XVI|       can but succeed?”~ ~He was terrible in his fanaticism; and in
 25     XVII|      seen him at that moment, so terrible was the rage revealed by
 26     XVII|  Marie-Anne tottered beneath the terrible blow, and a nervous spasm
 27    XVIII|         hatred, is dreaming of a terrible revenge. Who knows if he
 28      XIX|     December, and the roads were terrible; but neither rain, snow,
 29      XIX|         cottage, crying out in a terrible voice:~ ~“The die is cast!
 30       XX|         so near at hand.”~ ~This terrible blow, so entirely unexpected,
 31       XX|      overturned the table with a terrible blow of his clinched fist.~ ~“
 32     XXII|         s despair. They knew the terrible danger they were incurring,
 33     XXII|        on every side, resounds a terrible fusillade.~ ~Three or four
 34     XXII|      escape.~ ~The indecision is terrible; but the leader encourages
 35    XXIII|        heroism displayed on that terrible night will never be really
 36     XXIV|     related to him with the most terrible exaggerations. He had been
 37     XXIV|        father!”~ ~The effect was terrible. Until that moment, Maurice
 38     XXIV|           and sat regarding this terrible scene with an air of profound
 39     XXIV|          the priest betrayed his terrible anxiety. He now felt convinced
 40      XXV|      simple as the situation was terrible.~ ~“If, by confessing your
 41      XXV|              The question was so terrible that the priest dared not
 42     XXVI|         was nearly dead from its terrible journey of the previous
 43     XXVI|      whom the burden of the most terrible of accusations was resting.~ ~
 44    XXVII|        rose, calm and dignified. Terrible as his sufferings must have
 45    XXVII|        when it was too late, the terrible significance of his words.
 46    XXVII|       this wicked judge had some terrible weapon in his hands, and
 47    XXVII|          assert it on oath.”~ ~A terrible cry, followed by inarticulate
 48   XXVIII|        save me.”~ ~His agony was terrible. He had thrown himself headlong
 49   XXVIII|              And overcome by the terrible blow, she sank back, inert,
 50   XXVIII|       And Chanlouineau waited in terrible anxiety. No one had told
 51   XXVIII|    brought upon him, and for the terrible part which her father had
 52   XXVIII|       darkness of the night, was terrible. They attacked each other
 53     XXIX|  thinking only of shortening the terrible anxiety which her friends
 54     XXIX|      received this last was most terrible and overwhelming.~ ~What
 55     XXIX|         The consciousness of the terrible responsibility devolving
 56     XXIX|        the duke.~ ~But even this terrible response did not cause Marie-Anne
 57      XXX|      about to die.~ ~He knew the terrible laws that govern a court-martial.
 58      XXX|  thinking of these dear ones was terrible. He was alone; he wept.~ ~
 59      XXX|          The new-comer uttered a terrible oath, and, in an almost
 60      XXX|          oppose him.~ ~“And this terrible letter?” he groaned.~ ~“
 61      XXX|         Honest Bavois muttered a terrible oath.~ ~“Do they intend
 62     XXXI|         been removed.~ ~It was a terrible moment, and in the depth
 63     XXXI|       fled at his approach. In a terrible voice, he called after them:~ ~“
 64     XXXI|     times, at least, during this terrible avowal, the peasants who
 65     XXXI| Saint-Pavin.”~ ~So after all his terrible exertions, Lacheneur was
 66     XXXI|       soldiers were enjoying his terrible humiliation. They were sneering
 67    XXXII|      suffering the agony of that terrible night which precedes the
 68   XXXIII|   refused.~ ~This despatch was a terrible blow to the Duc de Sairmeuse
 69   XXXIII|       back now without causing a terrible scandal.~ ~The next day
 70   XXXIII|      great; his chastisement was terrible.~ ~He had sacrificed his
 71   XXXIII|       daughter; but such was the terrible situation in which he had
 72    XXXIV|          intend to do?”~ ~With a terrible effort Martial had conquered
 73    XXXIV|             Read!” said he, in a terrible voice.~ ~M. de Courtornieu
 74     XXXV|    accomplished.~ ~Not without a terrible effort; not without torn
 75     XXXV|       had some vague idea of his terrible situation, for in a stifled,
 76     XXXV|         The hour, the place, the terrible catastrophe, the present
 77     XXXV|       extreme caution, drew many terrible groans from the baron.~ ~
 78     XXXV|        of my former employer.” A terrible anxiety seized the priest’
 79    XXXVI|        dream.~ ~What strange and terrible events had taken place since
 80    XXXVI|          who accompanies you has terrible mustaches for a farmer.
 81    XXXVI|         respond, he narrated the terrible events that had happened
 82   XXXVII|          when, after the baron’s terrible fall, Maurice announced
 83   XXXVII|        through,” but not without terrible suffering, not without difficulties
 84   XXXVII|     laughed a harsh, discordant, terrible laugh, and continued:~ ~“
 85  XXXVIII|        reassured when he saw the terrible effect produced upon the
 86  XXXVIII|      door-post, he witnessed the terrible scene in the little salon.~ ~
 87  XXXVIII|       hoped for so prompt and so terrible a revenge.~ ~Nor was this
 88  XXXVIII|        increased and became more terrible.~ ~He would have sacrificed
 89  XXXVIII|         Lacheneur made a gesture terrible in its irony and menace.~ ~“
 90  XXXVIII|       and now he realized what a terrible scandal he had created.~ ~“
 91    XXXIX|                  CHAPTER XXXIX~ ~Terrible as Martial imagined the
 92    XXXIX|       the assembly when Martial, terrible in his passion, flung the
 93    XXXIX|         because it presaged with terrible eloquence the disgrace that
 94    XXXIX|   Blanche staggered beneath this terrible blow. She was indeed deserted,
 95       XL|      measuring the extent of her terrible misfortune, the duke had
 96     XLII|       whenever he thought of the terrible threats of Balstain, the
 97     XLII|         in his shadow, with that terrible knife in his hand.~ ~Seeing
 98     XLII|       arm; “why do you call that terrible man?”~ ~“I wish to speak
 99    XLIII|       wounded man on hearing the terrible click of the surgeon’s instruments.~ ~“
100    XLIII|        the lower lip hung with a terrible expression of stupidity.~ ~
101    XLIII|  Lacheneur’s revenge is far more terrible than it would have been
102     XLIV|   weakness, though not without a terrible effort; and in a harsh voice:~ ~“
103      XLV|         she almost wept, but her terrible niece was pitiless.~ ~“Come!”
104      XLV|        truth; certainty was less terrible to endure than this constant
105      XLV|     could escape afterward.”~ ~A terrible thought made her pause.
106      XLV|  containing the deadly drug, the terrible shock dissipated her bewilderment;
107     XLVI|      follows the commission of a terrible crime—the stupor of the
108     XLVI|        produced in her mouth the terrible sensation of a piece of
109     XLVI|         death.~ ~Suddenly such a terrible thought pierced the stupor
110     XLVI|         sounded in her throat; a terrible convulsion shook her form;
111    XLVII|     witnessed Baron d’Escorval’s terrible fall, the abbe was the only
112    XLVII|          without telling him the terrible misfortune which had occurred.~ ~
113    XLVII|          you?” he demanded, in a terrible voice. “What are you doing
114    XLVII|      tell him the truth.”~ ~“Oh, terrible! terrible!”~ ~“I have warned
115    XLVII|         truth.”~ ~“Oh, terrible! terrible!”~ ~“I have warned you;
116    XLVII|           upon whose life such a terrible blight was about to fall,
117    XLVII|         Jean and the abbe was so terrible, that, in spite of their
118    XLVII|          abbe remained silent, a terrible light dawned on the mind
119   XLVIII|            she exclaimed, “it is terrible! What if it should be discovered!”~ ~
120   XLVIII|       one would ever know what a terrible blow it had been to Martial;
121        L|          matter, and she saw the terrible risk to which she exposed
122        L|         will to drive away these terrible memories, when she thought
123       LI|          Paris with you.”~ ~By a terrible effort Blanche had succeeded
124       LI|       sort of haze enveloped the terrible scene at the Borderie; the
125      LII|       last words were of you. ‘A terrible thing has just happened
126      LII|      know not; but his will be a terrible revenge. Remember my words,
127      LII|           even if it were not as terrible as the voice of conscience,
128      LII|        was forced to undergo the terrible humiliation of confessing
129     LIII|       his house is on fire. Some terrible catastrophe—an explosion—
130     LIII|        physical and mental, were terrible.~ ~Constrained by her fear
131     LIII|         Lacheneur uttered such a terrible oath that the old woman
132      LIV|          vehicle.~ ~“She is in a terrible hurry,” he said to himself. “
133      LIV|     produced upon Martial was so terrible that his hold relaxed and
134       LV|         station-house, after the terrible scenes at the Poivriere,
135       LV|      whom he had inflicted those terrible wounds of vanity which are
136       LV|            Now he understood the terrible drama which had been enacted